Clark County, South Dakota

administration
Clark County Courthouse
US state :	South Dakota
Administrative headquarters :	Clark
Foundation :	1873
Demographics
Residents :	3691 (2010)
Population density :	1.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2507 km²
Water surface :	26 km²
map

Clark County is a district in the state of South Dakota in the United States . It has 4,143 inhabitants. The county seat is Clark .

geography

The county covers an area of 2,507 square kilometers; 26 square kilometers (1.02 percent) of it is water.

history

The county was established on January 18, 1873, and administration was finally organized on May 2, 1881. It was named after Newton Clark, the first school teacher in Sioux Falls and a member of the Dakota Territory Legislative Assembly .

The Gov. SH Elrod House is one of nine entries for the county in the NRHP.

Nine structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 30, 2018).

Population development

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	6942	-
1910	10,901	57%
1920	11,136	2.2%
1930	11,022	-1 %
1940	8955	-18.8%
1950	8369	-6.5%
1960	7134	-14.8%
1970	5515	-22.7%
1980	4894	-11.3%
1990	4403	-10%
2000	4143	-5.9%
2010	3691	-10.9%
1900-1990 2000

cities and communes

Cities ( cities )

Communities ( towns )

Unregulated areas

Townships

The county is divided into 27 townships: Ash, Blaine, Collins, Cottonwood, Darlington, Day, Eden, Elrod, Fordham, Foxton, Garfield, Hague, Lake, Lincoln, Logan, Maydell, Merton, Mount Pleasant, Pleasant, Raymond, Richland , Rosedale, Spring Valley, Thorp, Warren, Washington and Woodland.

Web links

Commons : Clark County (South Dakota) - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Clark County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 59 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 30, 2018.
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

44.86 -97.73Coordinates: 44 ° 52 ′ N , 97 ° 44 ′ W

[1] Clark County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011

[2] Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 59 .

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 30, 2018.

[4] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011

[5] Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011